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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22
Fishing, and Catching Fish.

The article, "First Days Fishing, ;
in the May number of the american
Agrculturist, hit me just where my
memory is the longest It recalls the
time, over sixty years ago, when my
clothes were wet. q stone-bruise on my
heel, and toe nail stubbed off, l had
just such an old crooked fish-pole.
then cut my fish poles in the woods,
and no one that has never tried it has
any idea what job it is to get a
straight one. A sapling looks straight;
you cut it down and trim it. Then
there are so many crooks in it that you
reject it and cut several more before
you get one to suit. Any one who ever
cut fish poles knows how it is The
boy asked what was the difference be-
tween going for fish and going fishing.
His father said to catch fish was to get
few scaly things not worth much, but
going fishing was quite another thing.
1t included the sunshine and the birds,
and the murmur of the brooks, and
many other things. That father was
like thousands of others who go fishing
and bring home memories of pleasant
hours Of the murmuring waters and
sunshine and birds. But look in the
basket may reveal no fish there, unless
the fisher has met some boy ON the
stream who did not know or care
whether there were any birds Or sun
shine that day or not, so that he got
the fish and eles, except favorable
hole to cast his line.
Now I don't say I never see anything
while I am fishing. do as much look.
ing about as any man when l am not
fishing. But when I am fishing, do
nothing else. If the fish don't bite I
am wondering if my bait is all right,
and don't go long without bite be-
fore l look at my bait and make some
change in it. If nothing more, take
it off and put it on again. Then l jerk
it little faster or little slower and
let it sink to the bottom, let it lie a
minute. then give it shap jerk, and if
there is no bite I change places or let
out the line and get the bait further
away from me. If fly fishing I have q
number of motions to give the fly.
Sometimes one motion will coax the fly
fish to bite and sometimes another. But
I am fishing all the time.-SETH GREEN,
in american Ageicu2turist ...
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22
SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MD, FRIDAY, JULY %, 1887

Of the sulphantine, should be applied
to be simply s'ble upon the leaves, a;
heavy doses may burn them.
Owing to the continual motion of the
leaves of potato and tomato plants, by
which both surfaces are liable to receive
the spores of the fungus, the applica.
tions ought to cover both sides; this
can best be accomplished by the use of
bellows with an extention nozzel, en-.
abling the operator to direct the blast.
The dsgree of success attending the
use of these compounds will depend
more or less, ~ upon their careful
preparation, ~ the time of application,
81 the more or less intelligent manner
in which they are applied, (4) the at
mospheric condition existing at the
time Or which may follow the applica-
tions, (5) the number of treatments
made, and (S) the purity of the lime
and sulphate Of copper used.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22

We have added full and complete
stock of Lumber cordially invite mechanics and builders
to call and upon convne that the quality unexced and
prices low as the lowest. my6.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22
Strawberries.

| Every farmers garden ought to have
4 a bed of strawberries which would fur.
4 nish the family with abundant berries
during the short season of that incom.
Hparable berry. August is the best time
to set out the plants in order to have
Evigorous vines next spring, and if well
manured anb cultivated quite good
many berries may be obtained from
the bed the first summer. The follow.
ing directions furnished by A. S Full
Ter for the American Agricultmist
will seem to assist those who may wish
to start..a bed but lack experience in
the business.
The different varieties often require
a different mode Of culture, in order to
obtain the largest yield and the largest
berries. The large, coarse growing
varieties of the Chill species, or the
hybrids between these and the Virgin
ia Strawberry, succeed best when grown
in hills or single rows, and they are u
sually quite unproductive, if the plants
are permitted to run together and be
come in the least crowded: while 9TH
ers will yield well either in narrow
rows or wide beds, and where the
plants become matted.
In the chill system" the plants are
usually set out in rows about three
feet apart, and the plants eighteen
inches to two feet apart in the row
The ground is kept throughly cult
waited among the plants during the en-
tire season, and all runners removed
as soon as they appear, Or at least once
a week. This treatment will insure
very large and strong plants, with nu-
merous crowns or buds, from which
fruit-stalks will push up the following
spring,
When grown in single rows, the
plants may be set about twelve inches
apart in the rows, and for garden cult
ure the rows should be about three feet
apart, but for field culture I prefer to
allow little more space between the
rows, or fonr feet but the distance
may be varied according to the habit
of the plants.
In the bed or matted system, two or
three rows are planted in beds four feet
wide, and the plants allowed to cover
the entire surface until they form
close mat or bed; hence the name.
One or two crops are taken, and then
the plants are plowed up as usual when
cultivated in rows. But, by thinning
out occasionally, the beds may be
kept in moderately productive con-
dition for several years, especially
with some Of the more slender growing
Of our native varieties Some guilty.
ators, whs raise strawberries for mar.
ket, adopt what may be called an an
nual system, setting out plants in
spring either in singal rows or narrow
beds, giving them extra care during
the first season; then, after the fruit is
gathered up the next, the beds are
plowed up.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22
A Remarkable Cure.

81 cheerfully add my testimony to
the goodness of DR.. Seth Arnold's
Cough Killer, having been by it en-
tirely cnred of severe lung affection,
which according to good physicians in
this State, had reached an incipient
stage of cosumption. Had tried said
physicians and numerous proprietary
remedies without effect, but few bot
ties of DIR. Seth Arnold's Cough Kill.
ler set me all right. Have recomm-
ended it to friends and acquaintances
who have used it with the same graf
flying results, and l consider it the
best cough remedy ever discovered.
Gratefully yours, M. D. STRATToN,
Special Travelling Agent for the Dav-
is Sewing Machine Company, Water
town, N. Y" For sale by G. G. Sill.
Price 25c. SOC. and $100 per bottle.
Mother, alaoays use DR., Seth Ar
nold's Soothing and Quietlng Cordial
for children. A mild safe tonic. .25.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22
Astonishing Success.

It is the duty Of every person who has
used BoSchee's German Syrup to let its Won
derful qualities be known to their friends
in curing Consumption, severe Coughs,
Group, Asthma, Pneumonia, and in fact all
throat and lung diseases. No person can
use il without immediate relief. Three
doses Will relieve any case, and we consider
it the duty of all Druggists to recommend
it to the poor, dying consumptive, at least
to try one bottle, as S0,C00 dozen bottles
were sold last year, and no one case where
it failed was reported. Such a medicine as
the German Syrup cannot be too widely
known. Ask your druggist about it. Sam
pie bottles to try, sold at 10 cents. Regu-
lar size, rs cents. Sold by all Druggists
and Dealers, in the United States and Can
ada
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22
Most Excellent.

j. j. Atkins, Chief of Police, Knox
vile, Tenn, writes: "My family and l
are benefciaries Of your most excellent
medicine, DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption; having found it to be
all that you claim for it, desire to testi-
fly to its virtue. My friends to whom
1 have recommended it, praise it at ev-
cry opportunity" DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption is guaranteed
to cure Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis Asth-
ma, Group and every.affection ofThroat,
Chest and Lungs.
Trial Bottles Free at l.. r. Kinks
Drug Store, Large Size sl.00.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22

Total cost hedge 3 yrs. cid $41.75
Total cost per rod at 3 yrs. old 418cts.
"of wire fence (in-
Guiding posts) 60 cts. ... .s..
Average cost per rod Of S wire fence
without posts 46 cts.
Total cost of a hedge and wire fence
with f0e wires at three years old, as by
the average of farmers of the whole
state Of Pa. 874 cts.
Cost of same as per "patent system"
$1.25. balance to expend in ditching
on both sides to keep all lateral roots
from growing-)
Thus with the data above given it is
evident the cost can be further reduced
as follows: planting them at l it. apart,
1850 plants at 80 cts per 100 $4.95
Setting plants ESQ
Trimming and cultivation Tst yr. ESQ
Being less to trim say for End "f 800
" 3rd $50
Cost oe two wires to hold plants
in place at top 200
Total cost of 100 rods using
same ratio. $l8.45
Cost of an efficient hedge, securely
fast to two wires near the top when
laid, 184 cts per rod. t-
That this last is not an imaginary
hedge can be easily proven by many
who have them where from some cause
the plants average this width apart and
have grown so no animal dare pass.
In order to get clear understanding
of the immense profit which is reaped
by the Hedge and Wire Fence Com
pany off of the farmers. a further de-
duction must be made from the actual
cost to the Company as above given;
namely, that of preparing the ground
for the hedge and cultivating the same
for two or three years, or until the
hedge is turned over to the owner. In
other words, the company is at the ex-
pense only of furnishing and setting
the plants, trimming the hedge annually
till large enough for the wire, furnish
ing the wire and stapling it on. In
addition to paying the company $l.25
rod the farmer is at the expense of
preparing the ground, cultivating, fhe
hedge and boarding the hands and
teams of the company while at work
which is probably thirty per cent of
the actual cost. Add this to the S1.25
and you find what the hedge costs at
four years old. Now compare this sum
with the actual cost of such hedge as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22
Distance to Plant Strawberries.

A correspondent of the American
Garden has this to say about the dis
tance apart at which Strawberries
should be planted, and the relative
value of robust growth, and strug-
gle-for- existence kind of growth.
The time is not far distant to my
thinking, when growers will set their
plants closer together in starting new
patches. Hereafter the rule with
me shall be to set them not oyer ten.
inches in the rows, and the rows
three feet apart for field culture. By
keeping them properly thinned out,
allowing each plant to set but three
or four new plants, and then cutting
off all new runners, stocky, healthy
plants are grown, better and larger
berries are produced, more of them,
and in market better price is real
lied. Previous to last year, have
permitted my beds to set all
the plants they could desiring to
raise plants for selling, and berries
for market, and am convinced that
berries can not be successfully grown
in that manner. If plants are want
ed. raise them, but If berries they
must be cultivated with that object
in view If the staminate varieties
are mixed more with the pistillate
closer than is generally
done, more perfect fertilization takes
place, the berries become more uni
form, and are improved in many re-
snantS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22
SHORT HINTS
ON
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE,
Compiled from the latest and best Uorks on
the subject by "Aunt Matilda"

Compiled from the latest and best ,C0rks on
the subject by "Aunt Matilda"
PRICE, 40 cents.
This book should be in every
family desirous of knowing,
'the proper thing to do" We
all desire to behave properly,
and to know what is the best
school of manners. What shall
we teach our children, that they
may go out into the world we'll
bred men and women? "SHORT
HINTS" contains the answer
and will be mailed to any ad-
dress, postage prepaid on receipt
of price.
SPECIAL .,
Until further notice we will
mail each of our friends copy of
the above valuable book gratis
and free ofpostage, if they will
mail us Is wrappers of Dobbins'
Electric Soap. By folding up the
wrappers as you would a news
paper, the postage will only be
Gets. Always put your full name
and address on the outside of
the bundle, and write the word
Etiquette" also, and then we
will know who sends it.
IL. CRAGIN &c co,
Phila.. Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22
THE Farm,
Hodge and Wire Fence.

Communicated.
By the kindness and courtesy Of my
friend rhos. J. Edge l have now al
hand the figures spoke of in my for
mer article, and will reply briefly, in
connection Herewith, to the structures
upon it. | have no cut of "patent
fence" to furnish to embelish my article
nor long list of names to append, nor
an official title to cover it, yet have nc
disrespcct for any one whose name is
published, but on the contrary feel a
personal friendship for many, whose
judgement in the matter [ consider
good, and could endorse nearly all they
have subscribed to. The points where
We differ are brief, and these men of
known business ability, would not be in
it from motives of pure philanthropy,
and should not be offended if some Of
us do surmise that thero els money in
it, for some one, or if do now Sex
plain" the "unexplained notion" that
is neither neaoly formed nor captious
Firstly, [ am opposed to paying for
"patent rights" exorbitant prices, espec-
tally when these assume to cover appli-
ances we have used for years.
Secondly, l am surprised at some
men, who can 'pinch penny tight
enough to make the eagle on it squeal,' -
that can be induced, by little judic-
ious (or judicial) feasting, to go into
contracts, that neither they, or their
children may see the end of, without
stopping little while to see whether
they are signing contract to pay more
for thing than it can be bought for in
the open market
Now understand clearly that l am
not opposed to all hedges, nor to barb
sosre fences nor to any combination Of
the two, nor to paying good living
profit to the men who grow the plants
or do the work, nor to paying the pat.
entees for really good tools. especially
constructed to shear or trim hedges.
Now for an abstract of the report of
the Secy. of the State Board of Agri.
culture ofPa. q will give the editor the
use of the report in detail, to print all
or let any one see it who may wish. )
Estimated number of plants for 100
rods of hedge from $500 to 1000.
Average number putting one each
five inches, $500. (Half the number,
if you use plashing, will do.)
Cost per 100, 80 to so cts.
$500 plants at SOC. $3.50
Preparing ground for hedge,
100 rods $50
Setting plants AIS
Trimming and cleaning 1st year ESQ
/" i" End "'-~ 400
I" 3rd. {" 4.5O
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22

U. S. Department of Agriculture, !
July 2, 1887 !
The following Circular on the "Treat.
ment of the Potato and Tomato for
"Blight" and "Rot,'' has been prepared
by the Chief of the Section of Vegetable
Pathology and is hereby distributed
for public information.
Respectfully,
NORMAN J. CoLMAN,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22

given above, and you will comprehend
the immense profit made blythe com
pany off of the farmer. G. B.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-07-22

The man who propels wheelbarrow
sees his work ahead of him all the time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18
rbs widow orLIberIa's Fir Pre-

FHtddetP"td LeigY
Mrs. Roberts, an active bright-eyed
lady, whose still vigorous energies are
given to the African republic, where she
has spent sixty years Of her lie, is now in
Philadelphia. The mission 4 her closing
years is to give Monroviayth capital Of
Liberia, a free hospital, whes both strang-
ers and native, but especially the former,
can be relieved and cared forwhen attack
ed by disease. There is not gen a hotel in
MoDrovia, where well newcomers can be
accommodated for pay, and be case of i'm
migrants who are struck down by other
maladies than the insidiols fever Of the
coast is indeed serious, as thsmost hOspita-
bic native will shrink from admitting a
possible infectious disease iIio his house.
To her home in Monroyia,
that was built for Presitnt Monroe,
the late Presidents Wa has well
coined many an American hnd one pleas.
ant feature in her errand hIre is the will
ingneSs of her former gu9ts and their
friends to respond, in the on; graceful way
open to them, to the apphl this lady
makes for American aid Her plan has
the warm approval of President Cleveland,
who heads the list of her 81 bscribers, and
has written her q letter fTom which we
quote
Liberia is SO distinctly he outgrowth
OF the kindly and generous sentiments Of
the people Of the United States that every
thing which pertains to that young repub-
lie should appeal to N sympathy and be-
nevolence. The hospital which it is pro-
posed to erect seems 10 me to he such an
important iuStrumsntality ~ well directed
charity that l desire the acceptance of the
enclosed contribution to tha enterprise.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18
Ia Sdrertistments.

D w kTED-A MLLINER- ITO GO TO A
Q w theighboring town: Good wages paid. In
QuirSAt A. L. RICE & co.'s. nolsQ
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18

JOSEPH Fl. MANLEY, postmaster of Au-
gusta, Maine, and BLAINE's most intimate
adviser and managsr, says OF the result OF
the New York election: The election in
New York makes the nomination of Presi.
dent CLEVELAND inevitable. The general
result proves, in my Judgment, that Mr..
BLAINE can lead the Republican party to
victory in lS5s, and that a denomination
will be urged upon him" How differently
they all view it,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18

THE era Of universal peace may still be
a long way of, hnt the era of international
arbitration is yisibly drawing nigh.-Chi.
cagO Inter Ocean.
Yes, deary, but at the same time all the
improved rePeating-riie factories in the
world are running to their full capacity to
supply the enormous demand for improved
arms from almost every nation on earth.
Even the peaceful Uncle SAM is hustling
all he knows how TO get a steel-clsd navy
with the ewest and most terrible guns.
We HAVE long wondered at the course
Of the Atlanta Consultation on the Prohi-
bition question. EditOrially it is dumb,
but its news columns, under the head
Communicated, " are filled to OVERLOOKING
with bot arguments on both sides of the
question. This seeming editorial timidity
was the more surprising A. tbs Constitution
is nothing if not fearless. Bat now all is
made clear. Among the many eminent
citizens who have plunged into the sight to
be decided at the polls . week from to-day
whether Atlanta shall Tor the next two
years sail under prohibition or local option
oolOrs, are the editors and proprietors of
the Constellation, Col HOWELL and Mr..
HENRY W. GRADY; and these gentlemen,
strange to say, take opposite sides in the
contest, each trying to pull the paper over
to his side. Mr.. GRADY ocates luridly for
the Drys, while Col. Howell hustles for
the Vets. Each gentleman writes volu-
minously for the paper, hut their cOntri-
buttons go in under the head "communi-
Gated" which usually means at advertis.
ing rates. The strange silence of the
Constellation on the liquor question stands
explained.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18
Advice 20 Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for
children teething, is the prescription OF
oueof the best female nursesand physicians
in the United States, and has been used
for forty years with never falling success
by millions of mothers for their children.
During the process Of teething its value is
i~ncalcuable. It relieves the child from
pain, Tres dysentery and disrrhea, grip
Fog in the bowels, and wind cOhc. BY
giving health to the child it rests Its
mother. Price &c q bottle.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18
Ouiy a Portion of His Family.

.'re lbIA AFtOuNFr
A short man conveying eleven children
stood at Broadway and CORTLAND street
yesterday afternoon. lie wore a shiny
Prince Albert coat, a decalcomanie on his
neck for . scarf pin, and there was a look
ofsettled melancholy on his suOOth-shayen
face.
The children ranged froih about fifteen
years down. The eldest CARRIED a satChel
ard the rest bad umbrellas or bundles
suited to their carrying CAPACITY.
They were waitiJg for = broadway ca
aud the small man grouped his o.
carefully on the curb, utferi"
admOnitions the while
said ~reproyiugly To
drop that bask-'
be front
VnH
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18

WITH Emperor WILLIAM, from in6rm-
ity, and the Crown Prince, from disease,
tOttering on the brink Of the grave, the
near future contains much interest for our
German cousins.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18

The New York Commercial advertiser
says HENRY GEORGE has made 800, 900
since he entered politics. Does Mr.. GEORGE
want a partner in the anti-pOverty BUSH
ness?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18
LIE N~ALrp,
The Truth About the R,.ehIs County
Trouble.
10 Ne Editor Of Ire Reoiasr

The Truth About tn ,i. County
Trouble.
10 ne Editor Of tie Register.
BEREA, Richie COUNTY w. VA, No
yember 15.-In the hteuioenkr of the 9th
is a special dispatch from Rthie county,
W. Va, dated the sth, whicpretends to
give an account of an oecurree at Berea,
this county, on the night the 9th, in
which there is scarcely one wd OF truth.
He names five young men lho he says
were engaged in a fight, andhat knives,
stones and KNOCKERS played tactive part,
and that young Haddox ree@ed possibly
a fatal wound ON the skull; $50 that one
Of the Prunty brothers wasted and &C.
quilted ii the Circuit Court ,re recently
for cutting another boy in he back last
spring.
The truth of the matter a. ear Us can be
had is rs follows: Haddox ad one of the
Prunty boys had q fist tightn which no
one but Haddox and Pruntyarticipate5,
no weapons of any kind beinnsed. Had
dox received no wounds whalyer of a seri-
Gus nature ave possibly STEW bruises
about his face. As to one q the Prunty
boys being tried in the Circf Court is a
lie also, he never having beeltried in any
court whatever.
The good citizens of Ritcfs county are
no little indignant toward nTspaper cor
respondents or any other pe,Ons who are
so INSCRIPTIONS and recklessh circulating
sensational and false reportEhich some
times amount to nothing lessh han SANDER.
CITIZEN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18
DIED.

GOLLNER-At his residence, No. 80 Eleventh
street, Tuesday, November Is, 1887, at 4:SO pm
ANTHONY GoLLNER, Il years, s months and 10
days.
Funeral from his late residence, No. 30 Eley-
enth street, Friday morning at 9 O'Clock. Req
uiem Mass at St. Alphonsus church. IntermSnt
At Mt. Calvary cemetery. Friends are invited to
attend.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18

"OH, for one hour of ROSCOE COSK.
LINe9' cries the Utica Observer. Anything
but BLAINE. ell.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-18
I. Won't Do Any Harm.

The BARRIERS Of the United States hold q
convention at Buffalo this month. The
city already begins to smell Of hair oil.